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- TPrice - Marginal Cost 40 30 20 Demand 100 150 200 Quaxtity Marginal Revenue 200 units of output and a price of $20 per unit 100 units of output and a price of $20 per unit O 200 units of output and a price of $40 per unit O 100 units of output and a price of $40 per unit O 150 units of output and a price of $30 per unitWhat is the "generic competition paradox"? Select one: O a. When the patent has expired and pricing is free, prescription tends to move towards innovative drugs with a patent. O b. It is a price discrimination mechanism observed in the United States when the patent has expired and pricing is free. O c. It is a price discrimination mechanism observed mainly in Europe when the patent has expired and pricing is free. O d. When the patent has expired and pricing is free, the price of generics falls to the marginal cost, so the revenues of the innovative firms are not sufficient to cover R&D costs of the drug whose patent has expired.Mario's Pizza is the only pizza place in Sorrento City. The graph shows the market demand curve for pizza in Sorrento City. Mario's Pizza is a perfect price discriminator. What is the marginal revenue from the 20th pizza sold in an hour? The marginal revenue from the 20th pizza sold in an hour is O A. $300 O B. - $4 O C. $16 O D. $15 40- 35- 30- 25- 20- 15- 10- 5- 0+ -0 Price (dollars per pizza) -10 5 10 15 20 25 30 Quantity (pizzas per hour) D 35 40 -S
- Please read the following article from The Atlantic on the proliferation of price discrimination for online shopping https://goo.gl/EGFynW A.) The article notes that we are moving toward a situation in which perfect price discrimination is no longer “only a classroom thought experiment.” Suppose perfect price discrimination were to become a reality. What would this imply as far as consumer surplus, producer surplus, and market surplus in the market for online retail? B.) The article references a study showing that by using big data online firms are able to boost profits. When firms engage in price discrimination and experience an increase in profits, does this imply that consumers are made worse off as a result? Explain. C.) Do you agree with the author’s belief that the proliferation of price discrimination “makes suckers of us all”? Explain. D.) Do you consider the increased price discrimination in recent years as a net positive or a net negative to society? Explains price discrimination ilegai? In recent years, the courts have interpreted the O B. A Robinson-Patman Act such that price discrimination is illegal if it reduces competition. Clayton Act such that price discrimination is legal if it is not based on differences in co Federal Trade Commission Act such that price discrimination is illegal if it is based or race and gender. OC. O D. Robinson-Patman Act such that all forms of price discrimination are illegal. OE. Federal Trade Commission Act such that price discrimination is legal if it increases competition. Click to select your answer.The table below shows the weekly marginal cost (MC) and average total cost (ATC) for Smitten, a perfectly competitive firm that produces children's mittens in a competitive market. Smitten's Production Costs Marginal Cost (dollars) $1.60 Quantity (pairs of Average Total Cost |(dollars) $2.2 mittens) 25 30 2.00 2.17 35 2.45 2.21 40 3.55 2.38 45 4.00 2.56 50 5.50 2.85 55 6.00 3.14 60 8.50 3.58 Instructions: In part a, enter your answer as a whole number. In parts b, c and d, round your answers to 2 decimal places. a. If the market price of children's mittens is $6.00 per pair, how many pairs of children's mittens should Smitten produce per week to maximize its profits? 6 pairs of mittens b. When the market price is $6.00, what is Smitten's average total cost at the profit-maximizing quantity of children's mittens? c. What are Smitten's weekly profits if the market price is $6.00 per pair and the firm produces the profit-maximizing quantity of mittens? %24 %24
- Q) Perfect price discrimination transfers the gains from trade from ________ to ________. Option. a. producers; consumers b. society; consumers c. society; producers d. producers; society e. consumers; producers Correctly explain with detail analysisPrice and cost (dollars per ride) The graph shows the market for the two zipline firms that operate in a resort city. If the firms decide to compete, then together they will produce rides at a price of per ride. 60 O A. 400: $30 MC O B. 400; $50 50 O C. between 200 and 400: between $30 and $50 40 O D. 200: $30 O E. 200; $50 30 20 'D 10 MR 100 200 300 400 500 Quantity (number of rides)A small town with a movie theater has 300 adults and 200 seniors. The theater is considering putting on a special one-time screening of a new movie. This screening has a fixed cost of $2,000, but the marginal cost of selling an additional ticket is zero. According to a survey, all the adults and seniors would be willing to purchase the tickets at $7 and $4 respectively. a. What prices would the movie theater charge for an adult ticket and for a senior's ticket if it wanted to maximize profit? Explain and calculate the profit. b. Suppose a law is passed that prohibits the movie theater from charging different prices to adults and seniors. What price would it set for a ticket now? What is the profit? c. Who is worse off because of the law prohibiting price discrimination? Who is better off? d. If the fixed cost of the concert was $2,500 rather than $2,000, how would your answers to parts-(e) change?
- You are given this demand schedule for new boats. Which of the following demand curves accurately represents the demand schedule and has proper formatting? The demand schedule for new boats Price ($) Quantity Demanded $500 5500 $1000 5000 $1500 4500 $2000 3500 $2500 3000 $3000 2000 $3500 1000 $4000 150 O 3100 10 NEW 3000 1000 THE None of the demand curves accurately represent the data in the schedule 9000 1000 3000 2000 . 1000 New Boats 1000 4000 New Boats Demanded New Boats 200 6000 7000Quantity of Miami Dade Shades 1st pair 2nd pair 3rd pair 4th pair Marginal Cost (dollars) producer surplus will equal $105. there will be a surplus; as a result, the price will fall to $95. $60 95 140 185 Refer to Table 4-4. The table above lists the marginal cost of sunglasses by Miami Dade Shades, a firm that specializes in producing designer sunglasses. If the market price for a pair of Miami Dade Shades sunglasses is $130, A they will produce three pairs. B producer surplus from the first pair is $35.Price (dollars per pound) 5 Market price 4 3 2 a 10 Select one: O a. b; $3 minus ATC at point b Ⓒb. e; $3 minus ATC at point ex O c. a; $3 O d. d; $3 minus ATC at point d 20 30 MC ATC D = MR 40 Quantity (thousands of pounds) Figure 2 shows the demand, marginal cost (MC) and average total cost (ATC) curves for Jason's House of Apples. If Jason maximizes his profit he will produce the output rate indicated by point and his average profit will equal (Refer to Figure 2)